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Edward Akufo-Addo

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Edward Akufo-Addo
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Edward Akufo-Addo
4th President of Ghana
In office
31 August 1970  13 January 1972
Prime MinisterKofi Abrefa Busia
Preceded byNii Amaa Ollennu (acting)
Succeeded byIgnatius Kutu Acheampong (as Head of State)
3rd Chief Justice of Ghana
In office
1966–1970
Preceded byJ. Sarkodee-Addo
Succeeded byEdmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman
 Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
In office
1962–1964
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Personal details
Born(1906-06-26)26 June 1906
Dodowa, Gold Coast
Died17 July 1979(1979-07-17) (aged 73)
Accra, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyIndependent
United Gold Coast Convention
SpouseAdeline Y. Akufo-Addo (née Nana Yeboakua Ofori-Atta) (d. 2004)
Children4, including Nana Akufo-Addo
EducationPresbyterian Training College, Akropong
Achimota College
St Peter's College, Oxford
Middle Temple
Profession
  • Judge
  • Lawyer
ReligionPresbyterian
  • Ceremonial President with executive powers vested in Prime Minister

Edward Akufo-Addo JSC (26 Obiradzi 1906 – 17 Ayɛwoho 1979)[1][2] yɛ Ghana amanyɛnyi na mbranyimfo.

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  1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/720579
  2. https://www.eaumf.org/ejm-blog/2017/8/28/august-28-1970-edward-akuffo-addo-is-named-president-of-the-2nd-republic